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An Earth-based, rapid-fire, electromagnetic accelerator system is provided for launching multiple hypervelocity nuclear or non-nuclear independently targetable warheads on ballistic trajectories to targets located anywhere on or above the Earth\s surface. The warheads are mounted inside a reinforced

An Earth-based, rapid-fire, electromagnetic accelerator system is provided for launching multiple hypervelocity nuclear or non-nuclear independently targetable warheads on ballistic trajectories to targets located anywhere on or above the Earth\s surface. The warheads are mounted inside a reinforced launching sabot containing a plurality of coaxial superconducting dipole magnets. The sabot is magnetically accelerated to hypervelocities inside a large-bore vacuum tube by sequentially exciting a series of driving coils mounted coaxially along the tube. The sabots are injected into the tube from pre-evacuated storage canisters thereby eliminating the need for an air-lock. Terminal guidance systems allow the warheads to be fired over intercontinental distances to hit small, preselected targets with nearly perfect accuracy. The launch velocities are sufficiently high to enable warheads to also intercept and destroy orbiting satellites moving in space high above the Earth\s surface.

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A weapon system for launching projectiles within the Earth\s atmosphere to distant targets comprising: a projectile; an accelerating tube; means for evacuating said accelerating tube; an evacuated canister containing said projectile; means for transferring said projectile from said evacuated caniste

A weapon system for launching projectiles within the Earth\s atmosphere to distant targets comprising: a projectile; an accelerating tube; means for evacuating said accelerating tube; an evacuated canister containing said projectile; means for transferring said projectile from said evacuated canister into said evacuated accelerating tube; and means for accelerating said projectile through said evacuated tube by electromagnetic forces to hit a distant target.